Father is stabbed by burglars as he protects wife and daughter

Tony Abrahams was badly injured in the early hours of Saturday morning when he was stabbed repeatedly by three burglars at his Luton home.

Three men, described by Bedfordshire Police as black and in their twenties, are believed to have forced their way into the Abrahams' home in Wellfield Avenue at about 3am. Mr Abrahams, 47, was woken by a noise and confronted the intruders.

Detective Constable Mo Hussain said a man was "attacked and stabbed" by the offenders, who then fled the scene. He added that the victim's wife and daughter, believed to be Catrina, 52, and 23-year-old Jade, raised the alarm upon finding Mr Abrahams injured.

Mr Abrahams was reportedly woken by the screams of his daughter, who had fund the three in her bedroom. He rushed to help her but was stopped by one of the men and shut inside his own bedroom. He managed to get out and was then set upon by the men, who knifed him three times, it is reported.

The father-of-one was taken to Luton and Dunstable Hospital, where he remained in a serious but stable condition.

The East England Ambulance Service confirmed that a man in his forties suffered injuries that were not thought to be "immediately life-threatening".

A spokeswoman for Bedfordshire Police said no arrests have been made in relation to the incident.